“A few years ago, a degree, particularly in law, business or architecture, guaranteed a secure, well-paid job. For the class of 2009, it’s a very different story, with unemployment rocketing in many professions and job prospects gloomy. When the class of 2009 were making their CAO choices some three or four years ago, Ireland was a very different place. How could they have guessed, as they ticked architecture, business, law or marketing, that they would be leaving college with very small chance of employment? How were they to know that no matter how good their degree was or how hard they worked, it would be irrelevant in a downturn? …” (more)
[Claire O’Mahony, Tribune, 3 May]